Which authority is responsible for organization of assessing the realistic conditions concerning the establishment of a private preschool in Vietnam?

What does the application for establishing a private preschool in Vietnam include?

Under Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP, the application for establishing a private preschool includes:

- A written request for establishment or permission for establishment of the preschool (according to Form No. 01 Appendix I enclosed with Decree 125/2024/ND-CP);

- A proposal for establishment or permission for establishment of the preschool (according to Form No. 02 Appendix I enclosed with Decree 125/2024/ND-CP).

Which authority is responsible for organization of assessing the realistic conditions concerning the establishment of a private preschool in Vietnam?

Under Clause 3, Article 4 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP:

Procedures for establishment of public preschools or permission for establishment of non-public or private preschools

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3. Procedures:

a) The People’s Committee of a commune, ward or town (hereinafter referred to as “the commune-level People’s Committee”; in case of application for establishment of a public preschool); an organization or individual (in case of application for permission for establishment of a non-public or private preschool) shall submit an application specified in clause 2 of this Article in person, via online public service portal or by post, to the district-level People’s Committee.

b) Within 05 working days from the date on which the sufficient application is received, if the application is unsatisfactory, the district-level People’s Committee shall give a written notification of contents to be amended to the applicant; if the application is satisfactory, the district-level People’s Committee shall give guidelines to the Subdepartment of Education and Training for organization of the assessment of realistic conditions concerning establishment or permission for establishment of a preschool;

Thus, if the application is satisfactory, the district-level People’s Committee shall give guidelines to the Subdepartment of Education and Training for organization of the assessment of realistic conditions concerning establishment or permission for establishment of a preschool.

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What are the requirements to be satisfied by private preschools for conducting their educational activities in Vietnam?

According to Article 5 of Decree 125/2024/ND-CP, there are 05 requirements to be satisfied by private preschools for conducting their educational activities in Vietnam as follows:

1. Own land, facilities, equipment, tools and toys, thereby meeting standards in terms of location, scale, area and basic facilities applied to preschools according to regulations issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Regarding inner cities of special class urban areas, it shall be possible that the area of land used for construction of a preschool is replaced by the floor area of land and the floor area of land shall not be smaller than the minimum average land area per child according to regulations.

2. Have education curriculum, syllabuses and learning materials that meet requirements for the early childhood education curriculum according to regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

3. Employ adequate administrative officers, teachers, staff and employees that meet standards in order to organize child care, parenting and education activities, thereby meeting requirements for the early childhood education curriculum according to regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

4. Have a sufficient amount of financial resources in order to maintain and develop educational activities:

- Regarding a private preschool, the investment capital shall be at least 30 million VND/child (excluding expenses incurred from land tenancy). The total minimum capital shall be calculated when the estimated education scale is greatest. The capital plan shall conform to the estimated scale of each stage.

Regarding a private preschool of which the facilities are not newly built but are leased or the existing facilities are used to conduct child care, parenting and education activities, the capital shall be at least 70% of the capital specified in point a of this clause;

- Regarding a public or non-public preschool, its financial resources shall be maintained by a competent management authority or local community so as to meet requirements for the early childhood education curriculum according to regulations.

5. Have the statutes of organization and operation of the preschool.